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Recent Examples of unpairedThese included stretches where nearby sections of the RNA could base-pair with each other, leaving an unpaired loop of RNA in between.—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 26 June 2024 For this, the ideal atoms are ones that have unpaired electrons swarming around the nucleus in what are known as 3d orbitals.—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Nov. 2023 Additionally, the agency cited 39 incidents of safe owners reporting the product had been accessed by unpaired fingerprints.—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 19 Oct. 2023 The other records the strength of the magnetic field by detecting changes in the spin of unpaired electrons present in a vapor of alkali-metal atoms oriented by a laser beam.—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Oct. 2023 See All Example Sentences for unpaired
This led to a delay of the next test flight and an odd resolution between the company and the regulator that was not publicly disclosed but amounts to a slap on the wrist.
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Eric Mack,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
Speaking of the first movie, that has to be an odd scene to do with Tom Cruise just hanging above you the entire time.
Packages valued at up to $800 can no longer bypass customs duty and instead have been slapped with higher duties and single package flat costs.
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Mark Faithfull,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
For a team usually fizzing with creative attacking ideas, their reliance on a single goalscorer, along with a late addition to the team and an unusually clinical finisher from the edge of the box, is not the spread of goal-scoring responsibility we are used to seeing.
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